National behavioral health expert Becky Vaughn said a bill signed into law Friday by President Barack Obama changes the way we look at and treat people suffering from addiction. The bill includes parts of more than a dozen bills Congress looked at over the last year.

The President signed a bill on Friday that would treat opioid addiction as a public health concern. The Comprehensive Addiction Recovery Act of 2016, passed Congress with bipartisan support, but the President and other Democrats have said it still doesn't go far enough. We talk to an addiction expert about...

Wisconsin’s Democratic Party chair Martha Laning says the email leak controversy involving the Democratic National Committee won’t hurt party unity this November. But her vice chair, David Bowen -- the lone Wisconsin superdelegate who announced his support earlier this year for presidential canddiate Bernie Sanders -- says it certainly won't...

On Friday, Waukesha attorney Daniel Kelly was appointed to the bench of the Wisconsin Supreme Court to replace retiring Justice David Prosser. We talk to a public policy reporter about Justice Kelly's legal background and what it means for the state of Wisconsin.

There's no denying that Gov. Scott Walker's newly appointed state Supreme Court justice has "obvious and explicit conservative roots," according to a Capital Times investigative reporter. On Friday, Walker selected attorney Daniel Kelly to fill the seat left vacant by Justice David Prosser's retirement. The private-practice attorney from Waukesha has...

A Fox Valley church is asking its members and the community to display Black Lives Matter yard signs in a show of support. The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Appleton has had its own Black Lives Matter banner stolen or damaged three times this year. The last time the banner was...

The recent appointment of Milwaukee attorney Dan Kelly to the Wisconsin Supreme Court "was maybe a bit of a surprise," a Republican state legislator said Monday. Many thought former state Rep. Mark Gundrum, currently a state appeals court judge, would be Gov. Scott Walker's pick to replace retiring Justice David...

Engineers are working to develop ways to bring electricity and sustainable energy practices to places in the world lacking electricity. One way to do this is creating microgrids, a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor said.

The owner of Wausau’s troubled downtown mall is turning the property over to its lender. CBL & Associates took the action after the mall lost two of its three anchor stores and a proposed $4.1 million loan deal with the city fell through. CBL is essentially walking away from the...

State attorneys have asked a federal judge to stay a ruling allowing people to vote without photo identification pending an appeal. Attorney General Brad Schimel announced Friday his office is filing an appeal in a federal court ruling on the state's voter ID law. The ruling, which came from U.S...

About a dozen officials from several state agencies met with town and county residents in Ashland Friday to hear what locals need as part of ongoing flood recovery efforts. Residents asked questions about road repairs, detours and financial assistance in what was one of three meetings in flood-hit areas across...